グミ

Japanese

Etymology 1
Alternative spellings
胡頽子
茱萸
グミ (gumi): the fruit of a plant in genus Elaeagnus.

First attested in 898.[1]

Probably realized in older times as kumi with an unvoiced initial.[1][2]

This appears in some dialects as guimi, suggesting a possible shift from that as an older form, which could be a derivation from ぐい (“poke”, in reference to the many thorns of the plant) + 実 (mi, “fruit”).

Pronunciation

Noun

グミ • (gumi) 

  1. silverberry, oleaster: plants in the genus Elaeagnus, or the fruit thereof
See also

Etymology 2
グミ (gumi): a bunch of gummi bear candies.

Borrowed from German Gummi.[2][3]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɡɯ̟ᵝmʲi]

Noun

グミ • (gumi) 

  1. gummi, gummy (candy)

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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